Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

Episode 130 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the worldwide falling fertility rates, and whether this is a concern for humankind, as well as the theories as to why we have this mysterious thing called a bladder.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Dropping fertility rates)
00:20:17 Question 2 (Why we have bladders)

Episode 129 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how birth order actually influences personality, sexual orientation, and IQ (among other traits), and the leading theories on why we and other species yawn, along with how yawns just might be extremely sexy.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (The effect of birth order)
00:20:17 Question 2 (Yawning)

Episode 128 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how our brains measure time, and when they fail to, and the Shakespearean opera all about baboons.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (How the brain measures time)
00:22:18 Question 2 (The Baboon Opera)

Episode 127 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the Lindsay Clancy trial, discussing both the scientific and legal aspects of it and their interaction, and how this could be a landmark case for psychiatric diseases and the law. 

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00:00 Intro
00:00:39 Part 1 (Context for the case)
00:05:58 Part 2 (The Neurobiology Perspective)
00:20:25 Part 3 (The Legal Aspect)

Episode 126 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include if the gut microbiome can affect the brain, especially when it comes to psychiatric disorders, and the difference between shame and guilt-based cultures.

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00:00 Intro and Comments Response
00:04:28 Question 1 (Gut Microbiome and the brain)
00:20:54 Question 2 (Shame vs. guilt-based cultures)